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Title: Walker suspends 2016 campaign, urges party to find Trump alternative
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... ox-news-confirms/?intcmp=hpbt1
Published: Sep 21, 2015
Author: FoxNews.com
Post Date: 2015-09-21 19:47:17 by Hondo68
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Keywords: Domino Theory, neocons dying
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, once a leading candidate in the Republican presidential race, suspended his struggling 2016 campaign on Monday -- while issuing an appeal to his party to counter the rise of front-runner Donald Trump. At a hastily called press conference in Madison, Walker confirmed the news that by that point had leaked out: "I will suspend my campaign immediately." But the governor also lamented that the contest has "drifted into personal attacks" and urged other contenders to consider following him out of the race, if only to help elevate those who can compete against the front-runner. Without naming Trump, Walker warned that he thinks the billionaire businessman could damage the party. "I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field," Walker said. "... I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner." The decision marks a swift reversal in fortunes for Walker, who over the summer was seen as the candidate to beat in the key state of Iowa. But the governor who forged a national reputation on his record battling union power in his home state saw his position slide in recent months. Walker was plagued by a series of missteps, and was seen as performing poorly in the first two primary debates, generally struggling to stand out amid a crowded and boisterous 2016 field. The 47-year-old had told Fox News before last Wednesday's debate at the Reagan Library that he planned to "be aggressive" and show the kind of "passion" that brought him to victory in the past. Walker did have a few notable moments -- including telling Trump "we don't need an apprentice in the White House ... we have one right now.” But he was arguably outshined not only by Trump but Carly Fiorina and others. For Walker, much was riding on his performance in that debate. In the aftermath, a CNN/ORC poll released Sunday showed Walker polling nationally at less than 1 percent. Throughout his campaign, Walker cast himself as an "aggressively normal" conservative, campaigning as a fighter who had a number of victories in a state that hasn't voted for a Republican president since 1984. Walker was elected governor in 2010, before winning a tough recall election in 2012 against a labor-backed effort to remove him from office, becoming the first governor to survive a recall election. Walker was elected to a second term in 2014. However, when campaigning for president, he appeared to struggle in stating his policy positions. He appeared to flip-flop on whether he supported ending birthright citizenship in August, and showed interest in building a wall between the U.S. and Canada, only to later laugh it off as ridiculous. Immediately after the decision to suspend the campaign was reported, fellow 2016 candidate Ben Carson called Walker "an outstanding leader with a strong record of fighting for conservative principles." "I wish him the very best," Carson said. Trump also praised Walker on social media ahead of the formal announcement. I got to know @ScottWalker well—he’s a very nice person and has a great future. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2015 While Walker may be leaving the race, his well-known feud with major labor unions showed no sign of fading away. AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka released a scathing and brief statement: "Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national." The move may have come to a surprise to supporters following Walker on Twitter, as he tweeted Monday he was "here to fight and win in Iowa." Thanks @DanZumbach for the kind words. We're here to fight and win in Iowa! #IAcaucus - SW https://t.co/AgZF9QOtCr — Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) September 21, 2015 A Walker donor told Fox News that even large donors were kept in the dark about the decision. A Monday afternoon conference call with donors gave no hint that this was coming, the donor said. The announcement makes Walker the second GOP candidate to suspend his campaign, following former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Walker's exit leaves 15 major candidates remaining in the race for the Republican nomination. Fox News' Ed Henry and William Turner and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Poster Comment: 2 anti-American globalist neocons down... Perry and Walker. The Bushbots are falling like dominoes. Woo Hoo!
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
The problem with current American poliics is that the status quo is like a vacuum: GIANT SUCKING SOUND. See below. That was in 1992. The issues exist to this day without being addressed, even by TRUMP.
I had thought better of him.
His pockets are empty because you didn't contribute to his campaign.
Without Trump the primary would have boiled down to Walker vs. JEB! It's nothing short of amazing what Trump has done to both their polling numbers -- and they're no political lightweights.
Perot offered us the most concise and truthful analysis for economic survival we have heard in 25 years. Unfortunately it conflicted with the rules on what had become other people's playground.
he's 100 % correct . This is not a campaign of ideas . It's a campaign of personal attacks ;and yes Trump is the problem. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Perot was correct
Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
That's true, we didn't donate to him, we have not, for the past ten years or so, donated to the GOP, we donate directly to the candidate of our choice.
Scooter was Wisconsin's version of Rick Perry.... good riddance...
Any red blooded American's reaction is to want to attack a bunch of anti-American Bushbot neocon terrorists. Trump is a symptom, not the cause. The status quo, has got to go! The era of the neocon Bushbot globalist community organizers, is over. The purpose of the debates is to take out the trash, that's happening. Perry and Walker are gone. Onward to Jeb! and Rubio! Sounds like Walker has a lot of sour grapes. Pretty obvious he is an establishment "Team Player". Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
The status quo, has got to go! The era of the neocon Bushbot globalist community organizers, is over. The purpose of the debates is to take out the trash, that's happening. Perry and Walker are gone. Onward to Jeb! and Rubio! Keep tilting at those windmills and you'll end up with a generation of Democrat socialism the like we haven't seen in this country. Walker took them on in his state and has defeated them 3 times. Trump thinks he can negotiate with them and use the force of his personality to win them over . He's delusional . Maybe his methods works in the world of no accountable private businesses where there is no real record of his successes and failures . But unless he decides he's going to adopt the methods of the current emperor on steroids ,and completely trash what's left of the constitution ,he'll have to learn that he won't always get his way....and he won't get his way by flinging monkey feces at everyone he disagrees with . Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The majority Republican congress funds all socialist programs, and they are constantly working to increase the size and scope of government and the budget. They've been 100% successful in increasing both every year. Their idea of reform is renaming ObamaCare to RomneyCare. It's ONE party with two names. D = R It's ONE party with two names. D = R Yeah we've heard that for years . Which member of Congress is Trump going to persuade to advance his agenda ? .....or will he ;like the emperor ,govern by dictatorial fiat ? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Do we or you want Congress to support another Obama?
Psalm 37
What I want is true conservatives in BOTH Congress and the Presidency . There are not enough conservatives in Congress to force the issue so we definitely need to vote the right people in there . What I'm saying is that if Trump is elected you will get essentially another Obama ;an imperial President who doesn't give a damn about constitutional restraint .
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Whom do you believe is both electable and a better candidate? Cruz does not appear electable, Paul less so.
But of course, 5 months before the 1st primary we should decide(anoint) our candidate . Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Sorry to disappoint you, Tom ... but the elite, residing in the smokey backroom of the GOP&Dem Party, have already made up your mind. In effect, you will be given your candidate. The good news for you is there is no hand wringing about a "decison."
Jeb! Biden or Hillary? We've seen this song and dance before.
More Deckard like conspiracy theories... but TRUMP is leading. You sound ignorant. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
A New Yorker (Hillary not included) will never be president in my life time.
Conspiricies? You just made that up as you were polishing your 50,000 primers. Let me ask you a question: did you use Brasso™ to clean your primers before applying a car polish overglaze like Mothers™ on the primers? How long did it take? Did you eat a doughnut or two during the ardurous task? I wager you have the prettiest primers in all the Universe!
Too many tymes, Fred. Waayy too many tymes.
Trump reminds me a lot of Wendell Willkie . He was a Roosevelt man in 1932 , before his unlikely GOP nomination in 1940 (defeating the establishment selection) .He was again a Roosevelt ally after he got soundly defeated . Trump for years was a Clintonista (it was good for business he says ) . Now in a few short years ,his positions ,and Party affiliation has shifted .I'll give him credit in that he actually switched parties . Willkie was not even a registered Republican. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
You're a liar. But you do sound exactly like POS Bill Crystal of the Weekly Standard. A real Piece of shit he is. You echo all his talking points. But what would I expect of someone who is for sellilng out the American worker to compete with slaves.
You still are a Clintonista on a lot of issues like globalism and trade.
Free market is a conservative position. Government regulations, trade barriers, and labor laws distort the market. That's what the libs want . Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The world trade barrier isn't conservative or constitutional. You're a sell out and a progressive trade. You think buerocrats from foreign countries should be in charge of our trade policy. Your ilk have sold out the American worker. You free traitors make me want to puke on you.
Free global trade opens up trade ,it does not create new barriers. Your position is 17th and 18th century merchantilism . You are in league with Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and others of their ilk who demand government intervention.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
You must think the constituion is outdated also. You're not honest or your dumb. Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid all voted for NAFTA, GATT etc. Even the literal piece of shit in the White House agrees with your position. Like I said you are a Bill Crystal libtard. You would let China send us anything without any interference whatsoever. You're not a real American. You're a sell out.
More Deckard like conspiracy theories... ROTFLOL!! Yeah - I guess all of these guys are "conspiracy theorists". "The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes." - Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1952 President Franklin Roosevelt: November 21, 1933, “The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.” In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much You're a liar. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much President Franklin Roosevelt: November 21, 1933, “The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.” That financial element doesn't physically keep some from voting and follow the ones that do in the booth. Last I voted, I went IN THE BOOTH MY SELF AND VOTED FOR WHO I WANTED. I guess you and the agenda posters are immune to your conspiracy... but somehow all the other sheep don't have the ability to see it or escape it. How incredibly arrogant and libtard thinking of you... making excuses for people's poor choices. Let's face it, it's your peers that screw you over daily. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I don't doubt he knew her. Donated to her and others. He wasn't a Clintonista though.
You are still under the delusion that your vote means something. ...but somehow all the other sheep don't have the ability to see it or escape it. Apparently not. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much He wasn't a Clintonista though. ROTFLOL!! Yeah, whatever sport. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to MuchThe Bushbots are falling like dominoes.
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, once a leading candidate in the Republican presidential race, suspended his struggling 2016 campaign on Monday -- while issuing an appeal to his party to counter the rise of front-runner Donald Trump.
#3. To: BobCeleste (#2)
I had thought better of him.
#4. To: BobCeleste (#2)
"I had thought better of him."
#5. To: buckeroo (#1)
#6. To: hondo68 (#0)
But the governor also lamented that the contest has "drifted into personal attacks"
#7. To: buckeroo (#1)
#8. To: buckeroo (#3)
His pockets are empty because you didn't contribute to his campaign.
#9. To: hondo68 (#0)
"Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national."
#10. To: tomder55, Kerry, Bush, Hillary, McCain, *Neo-Lib Chickenhawk Wars* (#6)
yes Trump is the problem
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#11. To: hondo68 (#0)
" Walker suspends 2016 campaign, urges party to find Trump alternative "
#12. To: hondo68 (#10)
Any red blooded American's reaction is to want to attack a bunch of anti-American Bushbot neocon terrorists. Trump is a symptom, not the cause.
#13. To: tomder55, loves R socialism, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#12)
(Edited)
Democrat socialism
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#14. To: hondo68 (#13)
The majority Republican congress funds all socialist programs, and they are constantly working to increase the size and scope of government and the budget. They've been 100% successful in increasing both every year. Their idea of reform is renaming ObamaCare to RomneyCare.
#15. To: tomder55 (#14)
#16. To: Don (#15)
#17. To: tomder55, Don (#16)
What I'm saying is that if Trump is elected you will get essentially another Obama ;an imperial President who doesn't give a damn about constitutional restraint .
#18. To: nolu chan (#17)
Whom do you believe is both electable and a better candidate? Cruz does not appear electable, Paul less so.
#19. To: tomder55 (#18)
But of course, 5 months before the 1st primary we should decide(anoint) our candidate .
#20. To: buckeroo (#19)
#21. To: buckeroo (#19)
but the elite, residing in the smokey backroom of the GOP&Dem Party, have already made up your mind. In effect, you will be given your candidate. The good news for you is there is no hand wringing about a "decison."
#22. To: GrandIsland (#21)
but TRUMP is leading.
#23. To: GrandIsland, Deckard (#21)
More Deckard like conspiracy theories... but TRUMP is leading. You sound ignorant.
#24. To: Fred Mertz (#20)
We've seen this song and dance before.
#25. To: buckeroo (#19)
Sorry to disappoint you, Tom ... but the elite, residing in the smokey backroom of the GOP&Dem Party, have already made up your mind. In effect, you will be given your candidate. The good news for you is there is no hand wringing about a "decison."
#26. To: tomder55 (#25)
Trump for years was a Clintonista
#27. To: tomder55 (#25)
#28. To: A K A Stone (#27)
You still are a Clintonista on a lot of issues like globalism and trade.
#29. To: tomder55 (#28)
Free market is a conservative position.
#30. To: A K A Stone (#29)
(Edited)
#31. To: tomder55 (#30)
Free global trade opens up trade ,it does not create new barriers. Your position is 17th and 18th century merchantilism .
#32. To: GrandIsland, buckeroo (#21)
but the elite, residing in the smokey backroom of the GOP&Dem Party, have already made up your mind. In effect, you will be given your candidate. The good news for you is there is no hand wringing about a "decison."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#33. To: A K A Stone, tomder55 (#26)
Trump for years was a Clintonista
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#34. To: Deckard (#32)
(Edited)
#35. To: Deckard (#33)
#36. To: GrandIsland (#34)
Last I voted, I went IN THE BOOTH MY SELF AND VOTED FOR WHO I WANTED.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#37. To: A K A Stone (#35)
Donated to her and others.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
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